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%INTER-RELATIONSHIPS TRUE LOVERS GOD NEIGHBOR DEVIL 040704
%PERSONAL INTEGRITIES INTEGRATIONS TOGETHER COMINGS 040704
 %UNITY ONE HEALTH HOSPITABILITY HEALING RECONCILED 040704
 %ACTIONS MEANINGS OBEY IDEAL FORMS FEAR HONOR GODS 040704
%EXPERIENCES EXPLORE EXPIRIMENT SCIENCE COHERENT IT 040704
%FEAR HONOR ANGRY OBEY LOYALTY MOB GANG CHURCH RULE 040704

     What are the inter-relationships between the meanings
of  the  word  "love" in the two similar  commandments  to
"love god" and to "love neighbors":

     1.  Why is  the  same  word  "love"   used in the two
         commandments?

     2.  What  can be the reasonable  differences  in  the
         meanings of the  same word "love" used in the two
         different contexts?

     3.  For  there to be integrity ---   what  likenesses
         must there  be in the meanings of the word "love"
         in  the two different contexts?

     4.  Which of the following words and phrases point to
         actions,   meanings,  and/or  relationships which
         may  with  integrity be  attributed  to the  word
         "love" in each of the two commandments' contexts?

     obey       fear         honor    respect    reverence

     serve      like         enjoy     desire    want

     listen     dialogue     tell      hear      attend

     cooperate  collaborate  contend   see       touch

     Which of the following pertain to the meanings of the
word  "love"  within  the  contexts  of  the  two  similar
commandments?

     1. Unilateral action and/or response?
     2. Cooperative action and/or response?
     3. Balanced action and/or response?
     4. Formal action and/or response?
     5. Intimate action and/or response?
     6. Creative action and/or response?
     7. Imaginative action and/or response?
     8. Spontaneous action and/or response?
     9. Honest action and/or response?
    10. Obedient action and/or response?

     What  explicit  provisions  are  there  in  the   two
commandments  for treating different neighbors differently
from each other; from God?  Why?

     What   differences   between  neighbors   should   be
considered  in  deciding  how to  respond  differently  to
different neighbors?  Why?

     How  are relationships with God to be different  from
relationships with neighbors?  Why?

     How  are  these questions to be  resolved?    Through
cooperation?    Competition?   Contentions?    Domination?
Coercion?  Violence?  Wars?  Why?

     Which   ways  of  approaching  the  above  kinds   of
questions  have  in the past led to improvements  in  both
personal and communal integrities?   Which ways have often
led  to  decreases in personal and  communal  integrities?
What have we learned from those contrasting experiences?

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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